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5.8

Bloodfight

NR·1989·100m

Action

Summary

Master martial artist Masahiro Kai is a shadow of the champion fighter and trainer he once was. After his protégé was slain in a no-holds-barred, underground fight by the incomparable Chang Lee, Kai slips into a numbing alcohol-induced stupor to try to forget the past.

Cast

Yasuaki Kurata

Masahiko Kai

Simon Yam

Ryu Tenmei

Meg Lam Kin-Ming

Suzie Wong

Anzu Lawson

Milly McKenzie

Bolo Yeung Sze

Chong Lee

Shinya Ono

Hyuga Ryoichi

John Ladalski

Jack O'Brien

Stuart Smith

Gang Leader

Ken Boyle

Hank Chow

Takaaki Nakamura

Lin Keisei

Sindy Lim

Girl of The Stall

Cristina Lawson

Milly McKenzie

Richard Foo

Manager of The Cheap Restaurant

Masanari Nasu

Street Gang #1

Tadashi Sato

Street Gang #2

Masaru Yamashita

Street Gang #3

Kazuhiko Shimizu

Street Gang #4

Strong Kongo

Free Fighting Players #1

Raja Lion

Free Fighting Players #2

Kazumi Kotani

Free Fighting Players #3

Sho Tagaya

Free Fighting Players #4

Katsuyuki Imamura

Free Fighting Players #5

Tatsuro Koike

Free Fighting Players #6

Moriaki Sakai

Free Fighting Players #7

Ron Naguvu

Free Fighting Players #8

Chalee Lao Chaofa

Free Fighting Players #9

Tamotsu Kurata

Judge of The Free Fighting

Kazuaki Shimazaki

Judge of The Free Fighting

Marie Noemi

Girlfriend of Chong Lee

Toshio Kumada

Cameraman #1

Hiroe Yonezawa

Cameraman #2

Eleonore Bjerlemo

Pressman #1

Tomoko Otani

Pressman #2

Kentetsu Kawamoto

Pressman #3

Michiko Kakimoto

Pressman #4

Asami Miura

Pressman #5

Tetsushi Kajiura

Pressman #6

Nobuhisa Uehara

Pressman #7

Kouichi Chiba

Pressman #8

Misako Nagashima

Pressman #9

Mutsuo Naganuma

Chan Fei-Lung

Stall Keeper

Crew

Director

Shuji Goto

Writer

Yoshiaki Kashigawa

Reviews

JPV852

October 10, 2020

Not terribly well made, in fact the editing is at times atrociously jarring and the characters not developed all that great, with our main hero, Kai, early on takes on a street thug as a protégé before seeing, shocker, the guy was also an a-hole, beating up innocent civilians. Perplexing decision making. The film does give Bolo Yeung a bit more to do compared with Ironheart and there is one effective scene, in which he outright commits murder, but otherwise the martial arts fights are standard and the story could’ve use some tightening. **1.75/5**